The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-01

Their heaven has no Christ in it, and &
heaven without Christ though you could
sweep the whole universe into it, would
be hell. Oh. they tell us there are no
songs there, there are no CoronatiOus III
heaven-t that is all imagination. They tell
us we will do there about what we do
here, only on larger scalc-geometrize
with clearer intellect, and with alpen-
stock go clambering up over the iccbtrgs
! in in eternal vacation. Rather than
that, / turn to my Bible, and ] find
Johns picture of that good land, that
heaven which was your lullaby in in
fancy, that heaven which our children
in the Sabbath school will sing about this
afternoon-that heaven which has @
"wel at the gate.
After YOU have been on long journey,
and You come in all belustcd and tired
to your home, the first thing you want is
refreshing ahlution; and | am glad to
know that after we get through the pill
grimaCe Of this worll-the hard, dusty
pilgrimage-we will find a well at the
gate. In that one wash away will 30
our sins and sorrows. | do not care
whether cherub or seraph or my own de-
parted friends in that blessed land place
to my lips the cup: the touch Of that cup
will be life, will be heaven. was read
I ing of how the anCients sought for the
/ fountain Of perpetual youth. They
thought if they could only find and drink
out Of that well tho old would become
Young again. the sick would be cured,
and everybody would have eternal juven-
esccncc. OF course. they could not find
it. Eureka! have found it!-''the water
of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the
/ gate"
think we had better make a bargain
with those who leave us, going out of
/ this world from time to time, as to where
we will meet them. Travellers parting
/ appoint a place of meeting They say:
| 1--WE will meet at Rome, or we will meet
/ at Stockholm, or Vienna. or Jerusalem,
or Bethlehem" Now. when we come
/ to stand by the death pillow of those who
+ are leaving us for the far land. do not let
us weep as though VIC wouli never see
I them again, but let us, there standing.
! appoint a place v here we will meet.
Where shall it be- Shall it be ON the
! banks of the river? No. The banks are
/ too long. Shall it he i'll the temple? No,
no. There is such host thcre-ten
/ thousand times ten thousand. Where
4 shall We meet cur loved ones? Let us
/ make an appointment to meet at the well
! by the gate. Oh. heaven. Sweet heaven!
/ Dear heaven! lICaycn. where our good
/ friends arel Eoaven, where Jesus IL!
i Heaven! Heaven!
! But while stand here there comes a
/ revulsion of feeling when look into your
! eyes and know there are souls here dying
! OF ti.irs,. nH withstanding the well at the
gate Between them and the well of
! heaven there is great army Of sin; and
! though Christ is ready TO clear way to
/ that well for them. they will not have his
love or iutcrccs ion.
But I an glad to know that you may
come vet The well is hcrc-the we'll Of
/ heaven. Come; do not care how feeble
/ YOU are. Let me take hold Of Your arm.
and steady You up 10 the well curb. ''liO,
! every one that thirotCth. come. y ! would
rather win one soul to Christ this InCrn-
/ ing than wear the crown Of the world S
dominion. DO not let any man go away
and say did not invite him. Oh, if you
/ could only just look at my Lord once; if
| YOU could Just see him fun III the face; aye.
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| whom | read about at the beginning Of the
! serviceS--just come up behind him and
! touch his feet-methnks you would live.
! In northern New jersey one winter, three
! little children wandered Off from home
| in a snow storm. Night came on.
! Father and mother said, Where are the
children?' They could not be found.
/ They started out in haste, and the news
ran TO the neighbors, and before morn
| ing it was said that there were hundreds
Of men hunting the mountains for those
| three children, but found them not.
| After q while a man imagined there was
place that had not been looked at and
! he went and saw the three children. He
! examined their bodies Ec found that
/ the older boy had taken OF his coat and
wrapped it around the younger one, the
/ baby, and then taken off his vest and
/ put it around the other one: and there
;hev all died, he probably the hrat. for he
/ had no coat or vest. Oh, it was Il touch
/ ing scene when that was brought to
/ light! | was on the ground q little while
/ after. and it brought the whole scene to
my mind; and thought - myself Of a
more melting scene than that. 1t is that
Jesus. our elder brother, took off tho
robe Of ROYALTY, and laid aside the last
garmeAt Of earthly comfort, that he
might wrap our poor souls from the
blast. Oh, the height. AMI the depth,
and the length and the breadth Of tie
! love u Christ!